Yeah I hear this at work a lot too. It's ridiculous - Iowa is a good team, not great, but reliable. They are tied for 3rd in the league with Rutgers. Rutgers!
And yet it's plausible too, given the state of college bball this year. The Big12 is 2 elite teams, two good teams, and a bunch of garbage. The ACC is down. The SEC is looking forward to the CFP already. And the Pac-12 has retired to spend more time with family. So I think one could make the argument that the B1G is the best of a bad bunch. Just don't tell me it's some kind of stockpile of amazement, because it's not.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.